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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Proceedings of the International Conference of Theoretical Physics, Kyoto & Tokyo, September, 1953
Author: The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context
Author: Alexander S. BlumPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030507548
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of modern physics. Chapters explore key historical processes related to the theory of general relativity, in addition to presenting a thorough treatment of the relevant science behind these episodes. A broad historiographical framework is introduced first, thus providing the broad context in which the given computational approaches and case studies occurred. Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of expert authors, these chapters will bring readers to a more complete understanding of Einstein’s theory. Specific topics include: Social and citation networks The Fock-Infeld dispute Wheeler’s turn to gravitation theory The position of general relativity in theories of fundamental interactions The pursuit of a quantum theory of gravity The emergence of dark matter in relation to cosmological models Institutional frameworks for gravitational wave search in Europe The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context is ideal for historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science. Students and researchers in physics will also be interested in the topics explored.
Selected Papers of J. Robert Schrieffer
Author: John Robert SchriefferPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789812380791
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Presents papers by theoretical physicist J. Robert Schrieffer on topics in superconductivity and condensed matter physics.
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Author: Collected Works Of Lars Onsager, The (With Commentary)
Author: Per Chr HemmerPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814499331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
This volume contains the collected works of the eminent chemist and physicist Lars Onsager, one of the most influential scientists of the 20th Century.The volume includes Onsager's previously unpublished PhD thesis, a biography by H C Longuet-Higgins and M E Fisher, an autobiographical commentary, selected photographs, and a list of Onsager discussion remarks in print.Onsager's scientific achievements were characterized by deep insights into the natural sciences. His two best-known accomplishments are his reciprocal relations for irreversible processes, for which he received the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his explicit solution of the two-dimensional Ising model, a mathematical tour de force that created a sensation when it appeared. In addition, he made significant theoretical contributions to other fields, including electrolytes, colloids, superconductivity, turbulence, ice, electrons in metals, and dielectrics.In this volume, Onsager's contributions are divided into the following fields: irreversible processes; the Ising model; electrolytes; colloids; helium II and vortex quantization; off-diagonal long-range order and flux quantization; electrons in metal; turbulence; ion recombination; fluctuation theory; dielectrics; ice and water; biology; Mathieu functions. The different fields are evaluated by leading experts. The commentators are P W Anderson, R Askey, A Chorin, C Domb, R J Donnelly, W Ebeling, J-C Justice, H N W Lekkerkerker, P Mazur, H P McKean, J F Nagle, T Odijk, A B Pippard, G Stell, G H Weiss, and C N Yang.
Papers Reprinted from the Proceedings of the International Conference on Theoretical Physics, Kyoto and Tokyo, September 1953
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Category : Mathematical physics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Second Creation
Author: Robert P. CreasePublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813521770
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Second Creation is a dramatic--and human--chronicle of scientific investigators at the last frontier of knowledge. Robert Crease and Charles Mann take the reader on a fascinating journey in search of "unification" with brilliant scientists such as Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and many others. They provide the definitive and highly entertaining story of the development of modern physics, and the human story of the physicists who set out to find the "theory of everything."
Statistical Physics, High Energy, Condensed Matter and Mathematical Physics
Author: C. H. OhPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812794182
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
The Conference on Statistical Physics, High Energy, Condensed Matter and Mathematical Physics was held in honor of Professor Chen-Ning Yang''s 85th birthday in Singapore in OctOCoNov 2007. The conference paid tribute to the breadth and depth of Professor Yang''s achievements in physics and science education since he received his Nobel Prize in Physics fifty years ago."
Superconductivity
Author: R. D. ParksPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351412906
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
This volume is an integrated work with a full exposition of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory, the Ginzburg-Landau theory, and the Gor’kov treatment of superconductivity. It discusses the fundamental experiments on macroscopic quantum phenomena and the Josephson effect.
Documents of International Meetings, 1953
Author: Library of Congress. General Reference and Bibliography DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description